Since his arrival on the bench of Olympique de Marseille, Roberto de Zerbi has managed to impose his philosophy and his vision of the game. A frame that allows his players to realize, so far, a very convincing season in Ligue 1, Where they currently occupy second place, ten points from Paris-Saint-Germain, leader, and with six units ahead of Nice and Monaco, respectively third and fourth.
In an interview with the Argentinian daily Nacionthe OM goalkeeper, Geronimo Rulli, spoke of the requirement of the Italian technician. He notably highlighted the rigor that De Zerbi shows, illustrated by a striking episode after the victory of the Phocaeans over the lawn of Lens in November. While the whole group expected to benefit from a day of rest, the Marseille coach decided otherwise.
“I had never experienced something like that”
“I have an anecdote that defines it both as a coach and as a person. When we won in Lens (1-3, November 23, editor's note), we were all happy in the locker room, we thought he was going to give us a day of rest but that was not the case. He told us that we went directly to Mallemort for three days. And we trained at five in the morning! »»said Argentinian.
“He wanted to send us a message and I think we all understood it. It is a trip that united us as a team and that allowed us to get to know much better. It gave us a lot of confidence. I had never experienced something like this in my career ”added the former Ajax Player Amsterdam.
